The Australian Medical Association of Queensland has backed a coroner's recommendation for changes to prevent the practice of 'doctor shopping', after the death of a Toowoomba nurse in the state's south.

Despite an estimated 20 per cent of Australians suffering from debilitating chronic pain, a leading expert in pain management says it remains the largest unrecognised condition of all the chronic diseases.

Daniel Webb from the Human Rights Law Centre discusses the Opposition leader Bill Shorten's proposal for the ALP to adopt a policy in favour of asylum seeker boat turn backs, and an investigation into Federal Government requests for the medical records of asylum seekers, allegedly for 'political reasons'.